been airing on cnn. he was working on an upcoming episode in france, strasbourg, france. it is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague. his love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and remarkable stories of the world made him a unique story teller. his talents never crease to amaze us. we will miss him very much. our thoughts and prayers with his daughter and family at this incredibly difficult time. obviously we waited to go on the air until his family had been notified of this. to your point, alisyn, certainly anthony had his share of demons. he talked about drug abuse in his past in a different stage of his life. but i don't have any further information on what could have led to this event. >> it seemed like he had overcome those. that was part of the show. it. >> was harrowing. he talked about it openly. this was in the '80s.